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The WordPress Version 5.2.4 (Download)

The WordPress version 5.2.4 (Download) was realeased to the public on October 14th, 2019 and it’s available for download.

The WordPress versions 5.2 and earlier versions are affected by some bugs which are fixed in the WordPress version 5.2.4. Updated versions of WordPress 5.1 and older releases since WordPress 3.7 are also available, for users who haven’t updated to version 5.2 yet.

FILES THAT WERE REVISED IN V5.2.4

WordPress 5.2.4 is a short-cycle security release. The next major release will be the version 5.3

REQUIREMENTS

It is recommended to use servers running on version 7.3 or greater of PHP and MySQL version 5.6 ORMariaDB version 10.0 or greater.We also recommend either Apache or Nginx as the most robust options for running WordPress, but neither is required.

HOW TO UPDATE TO YOUR WORDPRESS VERSION 5.2.4

UPDATING WORDPRESS version 5.2.4

WARNING: The upgrade process will affect all files and folders included in the main WordPress installation. This includes all the core files used to run WordPress. If you have made any modifications to those files, your changes will be lost.

You should always update WordPress to the latest version. When a new version of WordPress is available you will receive an update message in your WordPress Admin Screens. To update WordPress, click the link in this message.

There are two methods for updating – the easiest is the one-click update, which will work for most people. If it doesn’t work, or you just prefer to be more hands-on, you can follow the manual update process.

BACK UP WORDPRESS

Before making such moves like this, it is always important for one to ensure that he/she should backup his/her site so are to prevent site breakdown and loss of efforts, time, and also article contents with may highly affect your SERPs.

However, for WordPress 3.7+, you don’t have to lift a finger to apply minor and security updates. Most sites are now able to automatically apply these updates in the background. If your site is capable of one-click updates without entering FTP credentials, then your site should be able to update from 3.7 to 3.7.1, 3.7.2, etc. (You’ll still need to click “Update Now” for major feature releases.)

ONE-CLICK UPDATE.

Moreover, wordPress lets you update with the click of a button. You can launch the update by clicking the link in the new version banner (if it’s there) or by going to the Dashboard > Updates screen. Once you are on the “Update WordPress” page, click the button “Update Now” to start the process off. You shouldn’t need to do anything else and, once it’s finished, you will be up-to-date.

One-click updates work on most servers. If you have any problems, it is probably related to permissions issues on the filesystem.

Using FTP or your shell access, upload the new wp-includes and wp-admin directories to your web host, in place of the previously deleted directories.

Upload the individual files from the new wp-content folder to your existing wp-content folder, overwriting existing files. Do NOT delete your existing wp-content folder. Do NOT delete any files or folders in your existing wp-content directory (except for the one being overwritten by new files).

Upload all new loose files from the root directory of the new version to your existing WordPress root directory.

NOTE – you should replace all the old WordPress files with the new ones in the wp-includes and wp-admin directories and sub-directories, and in the root directory (such as index.php, wp-login.php and so on). Don’t worry – your wp-config.php will be safe.

However, be careful when you come to copying the wp-content directory. You should make sure that you only copy the files from inside this directory, rather than replacing your entire wp-content directory. This is where your themes and plugins live, so you will want to keep them. If you have customized the default or classic themes without renaming them, make sure not to overwrite those files, otherwise you will lose your changes. (Though you might want to compare them for new features or fixes..)

Lastly you should take a look at the wp-config-sample.php file, to see if any new settings have been introduced that you might want to add to your own wp-config.php.

If you’re upgrading manually after a failed auto-upgrade, delete the file .maintenance from your WordPress directory using FTP. This will remove the “failed update” nag message.

STEP 2

Nevertheless, visit your main WordPress admin page at /wp-admin. You may be asked to login again. If a database upgrade is necessary at this point, WordPress will detect it and give you a link to a URL like http://example.com/wordpress/wp-admin/upgrade.php. Follow that link and follow the instructions. This will update your database to be compatible with the latest code. You should do this as soon as possible after step 1.

Don’t forget to reactivate plugins!

STEP 3

If you have caching enabled, clear the cache at this point so the changes will go live immediately. Otherwise, visitors to your site (including you) will continue to see the old version (until the cache updates).

Consider rewarding yourself with a blog post about the update, reading that book or article you’ve been putting off, or simply sitting back for a few moments and letting the world pass you by.

LAST STEP

Your update is now complete, so you can go in and enable your Plugins again.If you have issues with logging in, try clearing cookies in your browser.